St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-02

show windows. Exact bulletins appear
daily reporting what she has said or
might have said. what she has eaten
and what refused. We are told how
timid and shrinking she was before the
examining Judge, and how even this
severe magisterial person was so
touched by her beauty and innocence
that he ordered the jailer to serve her
soup in finer dish. In short,
THE GREAT GOSPEL MILL.
is set a going with such tremendous
clatter that smart people, seeing the
possibility of highly sensational trial,
begin at once to beSiege and poster the
judges for cards of admission. The
court reporters receive perfumed notes.
containing the sweetest regards and
promises, from 1.-THE most intimate
friends of the accused, of whom there
are several thousand. every one of
whom wants ticket. The poor fellows
exhaust themselves in finding gallant
phrases in which to express their great
sorrow in not being able to comply.
At last the day of trial comes. The
local newspapers all have the portraits
of the principal actors in the judicial
drama" In the center appears the pic
ture of the virgin who, Notwithstanding
the fatal Souper, is still immaculate;
above. her shrewd-iooking lawyer; be-
low, the somewhat doubtful phySiog-
nomy of the presiding judge; at the left
of the heroine, the sour and almost re
pulsive face of the prosecuting attorney.
and on the right, the seducer, a cOunte-
nance taken from DIR. BertillOns S rogues'
gallery, cross between a horrible,
shameless Mephisto and blood-Suek-
ing. distorted vampire.
Like country people on a pilgrimage
to some miraculous shrine, long process
SionS of people, possessed with an IN
sane curiosity, march to the courthouse.
Early rising is not the custom in Paris,
and vet on the day of the trial the sun
has scarcely risen from his bed of clouds
when the women of the best, as well as
as those of the most Interesting class,
are seen standing in front of the massive
Palace of Justice. their faces turned
toward the door as the praying
Musselman turns toward Mecca. The
gentlemen who accompany them are
laden with baskets and bundles contain
ing eatables-knights transformed into
pack-asses. But there are those who
rose still earlier-the tieket-selierS.
They dispose of their seats at astoniSh
ing prices. ChariotS roll up, and from
them alight ladies of the most ariSto-
cratic families. They are conducted by
lawyers through the private entrances
into the judicial theater. When the
doors are finally opened
EVERYBODY BUSHES RECKLEsSI.Y FOR
WARD.
Before the door of the courtroom itself
begins a scene of pushing and crowd
ing, of begging and praying, of quarrel
ing and brawling, of cunning on the one
hand and tears on the other, as if eter-
nal salvation depended on getting into
the place from which at other times
decent people are so careful to keep
away. The lion of the salons, a repre-
sentative of the highest nobility, has
put on all his ribbons and crosses in
order to make an impression on gend-
armes of the court; others hire lawyers
robes and crowd into the bureau, which
is soon as full of red-gowned represen-
tatives of law and lawleSsnesS as an egg
is of meat. In an instant the court
room is filed like a theater on first
night. Wives of ambassadors, brilliant
women from the FaubOurg, st. German,
actresses celebrated for their talent or
merely for their personal charms, dra-
matiSts and noveliStS, painters and au-
thorS of the prurient order, clubmen
and solree-goerS help to make up the
motley thrOng.
Where at other times apathetic specta-
tors gather: where the homeless, who
have roamed in the open air during the
night, come to take their morning nap;
where the scum of the loafers of the
bas-etage and the skulking pals of the
prisoners resort to perfect themselves in
the arts of assimilation and perjury. in
order to be prepared when their own
time comes: where the uncaught GRIM
inal exchanges signs with the one in the
box, there the ''best' society comes in
crowds when there is a court sensation,
which, luckily for justice. is only an eX-
ceptional case. But not only the places
destined for the public are filled, but
even the back of the raised platform
where the judges sit, in fact every pos
sible and impossible nook and corner.
The old officer of the court, whose duty
it is to keep order and preserve silence,
wringS his hands in utter helpleSSnesS.
The few gray hairs that enyious fate
has left him stand on end, his spectacles
sit aWry upon his nose and his official
''NO, no; it is impossible for more to
come in! VoyonS! Do be reasonable"
He is showed aside.
THE FURY OF CURIOSITY
has TRANSFORMED people of the StiffeSt
and most unbending manners into rag
ing wild beasts. Finally the command
has to be given to the people outside to
occupy the entrances and to permit no
body to come in. Those who have been
turned away stand before the iron fence
and have at least the pleasure Of gazing
into the empty court yard.
At last all these beautiful sentiment
tai souls settle down, but it is still a
long while to the beginning of the trial.
critieising each other. and in eXamin-
ing through their lorgnettes the journal
lists WHO are busily writing. On such
day these gentlemen are of no small
importance. Curiosity and vanity go
hand in hand. Not an actress wants to
be omitted in the enumeration of the
persons present in the court room.
Even celebrities smile upon the quill
drivers, and bow kindly greetings from
distance, while at the same time they
turn to neighbOr and whisper some
thing that is not exactly complimentary
to then. Slowly, slowly moves the
minute hand of the clock. The clatter
of voices is deafening and the impa-
tience of the public has reached its
highest pitch.
At length a ringing is heard in the
corridors. The jurymen come in. one
after the other. They have serious
and important air, but cannot conceal
certain proud satisfaction at having
been selected to give judgment in such
case.
Now bell rings with shrill intona-
ton in the court room itself.
1.-THE HONORABLE COURT"
cries the huissier in a loud voice, and
the judges enter in their pompous red
robes. trimmed with ermine, the presi-
dent with concentrated dignity, and the
two associates Smilingly concluding
conversation.
What noise of persons moving in
their seats and elbowing each other i'm
the effort to gain more favorable po-
is, it does not reach it's elimination I'M
til the prisoner is brought IN. She
wears coquettish little hat of the lat
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